NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 540 MHz
6.1x more texture fill rate: 26.4 billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 96 vs 8
12.7x better floating-point performance: 264 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 384 MB vs 256 MB
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 323 vs 81
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2160 vs 733
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2160 vs 733

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 April 2008 vs 4 December 2007
Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	26.4 billion / sec vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	96 vs 8
Floating-point performance	264 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Maximum memory size	384 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	323 vs 81
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2160 vs 733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2160 vs 733

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400

4.2x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 160 vs 90

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 105 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	160 vs 90

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

160

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2160

733

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2160

733

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO	NVIDIA GeForce 8400
PassMark - G3D Mark	323	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	90	160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2160	733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2160	733

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO	NVIDIA GeForce 8400
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla
Code name	G92	G98
Launch date	28 April 2008	4 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$49.99	$69.78
Place in performance rating	1430	1431
Price now	$49.99	$69.78
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.43	1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	1375 MHz	540 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	264 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	96	8
Texture fill rate	26.4 billion / sec	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	754 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	384 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2
Technologies
CUDA